[ILUG] Simple question about home wired Ethernet

[Paul Jakma]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Keith Hyland wrote:

> you cant have enough connections, put several in your office; wherever you 
> think you might need one, put two, even if you dont crimp them up, at least 
> they are in place if you need them in future. much easier now while the 
> floor/walls are open.

Install ducting/piping capable of carrying a good few cables to 
closeish behind the faceplate, and run your cables through that. 
Builder should be able to advise on what's best / allowed by building 
codes.

Run string through them tied off at each end for future cable pulls 
(and when you do, dont forget to tie a new string to the cable!). If 
you run extra cable (rather than upgrade existing cable) in the 
future, you can install a new wall faceplate alongside or nearish the 
existing one.

regards,
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